Re: Why does safe_mysqld runs as root?

[Michael T. Babcock]

David Kramer wrote:

By boot sequence Im guessing you mean my different run levels? rcX.d? Im
guessing that I need to set the user value within the start-up script it
self rather than my.cnf??? I thought my.cnf was the config file that the
start-up scripts reference, by me setting a the attribute user=mysql under
[mysqld], mysql should start under the user mysql?

I'm going to say this again:
- The user that mysqld runs as is configured in my.cnf as per the online documentation at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en (great stuff; read it lots).
- The user that launches safe_mysqld is just that; the user that launches safe_mysqld. Most boot scripts run as root, making root the user that launches safe_mysqld; don't try to make it more complicated than it is.

--
Michael T. Babcock
C.T.O., FibreSpeed Ltd.
http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock



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